Community Health Systems to Participate in JPMorgan Healthcare Investor Conference

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH) announced today that
management will participate in the 26th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare
Conference to be held January 7-10, 2008, at the Westin St. Francis
Hotel in San Francisco.

The investor presentation by Wayne T. Smith, chairman, president and
chief executive officer, will begin at 11:30 a.m. Pacific time (2:30
p.m. Eastern time) on Wednesday, January 9, 2008, and will be available
to investors via a live audio webcast. A link to the broadcast can be
found at the investor relations section of the Company’s
website, www.chs.net, and a replay will
be available for 30 days using that same link.

Located in the Nashville, Tennessee, suburb of Franklin, Community
Health Systems, Inc. is the largest publicly-traded hospital company in
the United States and a leading operator of general acute care hospitals
in non-urban and mid-size markets throughout the country. Through its
subsidiaries, the Company currently owns, leases or operates 126
hospitals in 28 states and one in Ireland, with an aggregate of
approximately 18,800 licensed beds. Its hospitals offer a broad range of
inpatient medical and surgical services, outpatient treatment and
skilled nursing care. In addition, through its QHR subsidiary, the
Company provides management and consulting services to independent
general acute care hospitals located throughout the United States.
Shares in Community Health Systems, Inc. are traded on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol “CYH.”